| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
Medicines for chronic conditions also failed quality tests, including diabetes drugs metformin and glimepiride, blood-pressure and heart drugs telmisartan, amlodipine and ramipril, blood thinners aspirin 75mg and clopidogrel, and the cholesterol drug rosuvastatin.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
Samples of various batches of acidity and stomach medicines — rabeprazole, pantoprazole, omeprazole and esomeprazole — failed the quality tests.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
The failed list includes paracetamol fever tablets, diclofenac pain-relief gel, dextromethorphan cough syrup, and tiotropium inhalers used for serious respiratory illnesses.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
Three widely prescribed antibiotic brands — Augmentin 625, Mox 625 and Clavam/Clavin 625, all containing amoxicillin with potassium clavulanate — were found by the government report to have major quality defects.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
In many of the failed medicines, the quantity of the active drug salt did not conform to prescribed standards, and the salt combinations were also incorrect.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
India's Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) reported that 157 medicines failed quality tests in the month of May.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
Blood pressure and heart medicines (telmisartan, amlodipine, ramipril), blood thinners (aspirin 75mg, clopidogrel) and the cholesterol-lowering drug rosuvastatin also failed the quality tests.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
Several diabetes medicines, including metformin and glimepiride, were found substandard in the quality tests.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
Stomach and acidity medicines — rabeprazole, pantoprazole, omeprazole and esomeprazole — failed the tests, with samples from various batches under question.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
The failed-drugs list includes paracetamol for fever, diclofenac pain-relief gel, dextromethorphan cough syrup, and tiotropium inhalers used for serious respiratory diseases.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
Three prescription antibiotics — Augmentin 625, Mox 625 and Clavam 625, all amoxicillin-clavulanate combinations from different companies — were found by the government agency to have failed quality standards.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
In many cases the quantity of drug salts in these medicines did not conform to prescribed standards, and the salt combinations were also incorrect.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), a Government of India body, revealed in its latest report that 157 medicines failed quality tests in the month of May.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
157 branded medicines failed quality tests; beyond counterfeit drugs, genuine branded drugs are also deceiving consumers.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-25 |
A fake blood-plasma gang has been busted in Ahmedabad; Gujarat Police arrested four people and recovered real plasma, saline water and 1,150 units of fake blood plasma from their lab, which they sold to patients at half price after diluting real plasma with water.
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-04 |
There will be an inquiry and a report, some action against the hospital, and then within days the officials and administration will forget this tragedy.
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-04 |
Eyewitnesses said the Muzaffarpur hospital had no fire alarms, its firefighting system lacked water supply, the emergency gate was locked, and staff fled instead of rescuing patients.
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-04 |
A fire broke out late at night in the ICU of a private hospital in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, killing five admitted patients, reportedly after a short circuit around 3:30 am.
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